1 A messenger of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, I brought you up from Egypt and led you into the land which I promised on oath to your ancestors. I said, I will never break my covenant with you,
2 but you must not make a covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you must pull down their altars. But you did not listen to me. Look what you have done!
3 For I also said, I will not clear them out of your way; they will become traps for you, and their gods a snare for you.
4 When the messenger of the Lord had spoken these things to all the Israelites, the people wept aloud.
5 They named that place Bochim, and they offered sacrifice there to the Lord.
6 Then Joshua dismissed the people, and the Israelites went, each to their own heritage, to take possession of the land.